HAI Lan

[DrJones]

This should be going down shortly, check out page 4 for details on where if you want to come


I was talking with Mike (Bedlam) during the luncheon and we thought it would be a good idea to have one. We can use this thread to organize it. We were thinking not this weekend, but the next (first weekend in february). We can maybe do a saturday afternoon-sunday morning type thing, or what ever people are interested in.

We can do it at Mike's place in Broomfield, i believe, or at mine in Golden (any other places in mind?). If we do it at my place, i have broadband with a linux box i can use as a router, so we could play online too. Plus it's always nice to have a good conection to the 'net so you can download those 80 megs patches that people need.

Game list:
Warcraft III
Quake 3
CS(?)
Tribes 2 (w00t... enough peeps actually have this?)
Natural Selection (HL mod that kicks ass, would rock in a lan 12ish peeps big www.natural-selection.org i believe)




Post your thought's here. If you haven't been to a lan it's a whole lot of fun. If your computer sucks, i might have an extra one you can use.

[WagN2NR]

How about some TFC?

[b18cya-T]

d00d...gotta play America's Army!

[forum]

I agree about the High Speed connection, and our apartment has a severe lack of that. But I'm definately up for a lan party any time. And Quake 3 Is a must :)

[BluByU]

I'm down like syndrome. I just got Xbox live last night. Pretty kickass!

[stu]

So do you bring your own computer then?

[ShervRacer]

Americas amry sucks cuz the rounds take liek 30 friggin minutes and liek the maps are too huge....
good games for LAN are:

*VietCong*
Tribes 1&2
Rune
CS
Half Life Original
Red alert2
Diablo 2
Baldurs Gate 2
Never Winter Nights

[ShervRacer]

Too bad i dont live close.. cuz i have a good serrver...
Athlon 1gig at 1.3 with 1gig of PC150 Ram with 200 GIGS of Hotpluggable SCSI Ultra Wide Drives... With an ok sound blaster and GF4 MX420.... kickass server

[Weston]

"Return to Castle Wolfenstein" is pretty good, and why must you leave out the "Need for Speed" series???

[ShervRacer]

i didnt mention all.. i meantioned the classics and really addictive ones....
Castle wolfenstein was good multiplayer... but only good if you have like 50 people playing.... the single player was so gay.... it made me stop playing the shit

[forum]

Originally posted by ShervRacer
Americas amry sucks cuz the rounds take liek 30 friggin minutes and liek the maps are too huge....
good games for LAN are:

*VietCong*
Tribes 1&2
Rune
CS
Half Life Original
Red alert2
Diablo 2
Baldurs Gate 2
Never Winter Nights

You left out one of the best multiplayer games ever, Quake 3. And why did you waste your money on a Geforce4 MX its just an overclocked geforce2(or was it 3, either way)

[CSMsi311]

sorry. free HD space 290 MB no room for a game. plus my 4 mb graphics card can't play many games better than Duke Nukem 3D

[Kwando]

I'm not good at any of the games but I have played them. I'm down.

[stu]

Originally posted by stu
So do you bring your own computer then?

[DrJones]

OK... basics of a lan. Yes you bring your own computer. Everyone does. The place where it's at is usually set up with plenty of room where you can set up. Then you plug into the hub/switch via your NIC (network interface card) and after a few setting changes, your on the local network. Then someone or the dedicated server hosts, and everyone has fun.

Here is a list of what you should bring

MUST BRING:
Tower
Monitor
speakers/headphones
power cable
mouse
mouse pad
keyboard
game cds
power strip

Bring if you have it:
cat 5 cable
extra hub/switch
tables/chairs if you got'em
24 packs of mountain dew :D
anything you think you might need

once we decide on which games, i can post a list of what version everyone should have. This makes it a little easier so everyone isn't downloading patches.

[stu]

Thanks. Not for me though. Maybe if I had a lap top.

[DrJones]

it's really not that bad. Most people don't go to them because they think it's too much work to lug their comp. But once you try it once you'd be amazed at how fun it is. I've yet to have someone come to a lan that didn't like it or have a blast. If you really don't want to bring your comp, but want to give it a try i might have an extra one you can use.

[stu]

My computer room is just a mess and there is something wrong with my computer anyway, I was just curious.

[DrJones]

So who's still interested? Anyone have a better location in mind?

[ShervRacer]

the only way i can make it is if one of you at the lan hosts a game on the internet... not on the lan... everyone in the lan will have low as hell pings... but other peopel form the net can acces too... like me :)
pass word it or something... because i cant make it... since i like like on the other side of the usa

[WagN2NR]

I would like to go, but not bring my comp. I can bring lots of Dew....Is it cool if i show up?

PS: ROFL, I used to RULE at DukeNukem3D...

[ShervRacer]

i didnt buy the GF4 MX... i got it free... so i cant complain.... i dont buy NVDA products.... i only buy ATI, PowerVR, SiS, S3, and Matrox cards.... i might get me a new SiS xabre 2 if it comes out... and maybe the new DeltaCrome by S3...

[Bedlam]

Originally posted by DrJones
So who's still interested? Anyone have a better location in mind?

You know I'm down! :)

We dont have a lot of furniture...so it would be hard to get more than say 8 people in our little apt here..

Anyway...I'll be there for sure...I think Forum and my g/f Amanda will be there too...definately need to set up Q3 and RA3 however (rocket arena 3..quake 3 mod) I have 'most' game update files on my PC shared so we wouldnt have to d/l much.

-Bedlam

[Ashton]

ill come and pwn all u noobs asses, for i am the WC3 king. the D2 God. and CS master.

anyways i have to ask for it off work. i know that DCS just uses old places.... and rents em.. but yeah... broomfield is the best golden is farrrrrrrr away

[DrJones]

Originally posted by AV630
ill come and pwn all u noobs asses, for i am the WC3 king. the D2 God. and CS master.

anyways i have to ask for it off work. i know that DCS just uses old places.... and rents em.. but yeah... broomfield is the best golden is farrrrrrrr away

Heh. noobs? I bet at least a few of us have been playing games since before you were out of diapers. I have a folder with a load of screen shots just of me kicking major ass.

http://www.mines.edu/students/p/pfchrist/w00t.jpg

http://www.mines.edu/students/p/pfchrist/sc.jpg

those are average games

[ShervRacer]

i am great at cs.... good at RA2 and WC3... but i like play games like once or twice a week for like and hour or two... but you cant kill me in CS... i am just too good :)

[DrJones]

looks like we'll have to play some CS... been a while since i played, but it will come back to me quick. Don't know how many servers i got kicked off/baned from because people thought i was cheating. Guess having only 1/2 a second to cap a moving target across the map with a shot from the awp isn't normally enough. Last time i played dust i got bored and scouted. Took out two guys with one bullit (two head shots) with the scout, and hardly any time to aim. I have witnesses to that one.

[ShervRacer]

lol... i got banned several times..... because i seem to know exactly when and where to exactly shoot to get head shots everytime with an M4... at any range.... half my kills with the gun are head shots... its just so easy to kill with that gun.... but give me an AK and i just die... :(
i am good with mac-10.... and i kick ass with MP5s

[Polumbian]

sounds interrestging, like to meet up since I missed the luncheon
got a new laptop, so I'd be down, but not for Sat.

[DrJones]

looks like i haven't lost two much of my skills not playing in a while... this was one round tonight on that iceworld 2k map... 7 on 7... i killed 6

http://www.mines.edu/students/p/pfchrist/cs.jpg

[ShervRacer]

its easy to do that on iceworld....

[DrJones]

it's usually just a big kill fest. I wouldn't call it 'easy.' It's a small map... everyone is togeather. When you go solo like i try to (people get me killed) you turn the corner and there are 3 guys standing there. I don't think i would call that 'easy'

[DrJones]

Ok so i guess my place this weekend. Do you guys want saturday or sunday? I was thinking maybe we get togeather at like 3-5 on saturday, then go till we want to stop. How many people for sure want to come? What would work best for the working folk?

[b18cya-T]

Originally posted by DrJones
Ok so i guess my place this weekend. Do you guys want saturday or sunday? I was thinking maybe we get togeather at like 3-5 on saturday, then go till we want to stop. How many people for sure want to come? What would work best for the working folk?

i'd suggest starting in the morning around 10 on sat

we just had one at Justin's house this weekend...& it was figgin badass.

if you do one i'll be there...
& i would totally recommend getting Tom Clancy's Ghost recon...it is one of the best lan games i've ever played!!! just has the game & the cracks for it.

[DrJones]

Also for those who don't want to lug their computer (if this is your first lan that's understandable, but i can guarentee that you'll be more than happy to bring it next time) i can probably get 2-3 extra ones. Nothing too spiffy, but they will run most games just fine. I can also let someone use mine (as is usually the case since I usually end up on someone else's computer getting it to work with the network).

That sounds like a fun game but i don't have the cd, if somoene wants to bring it, i can burn a few copies and we can spread it around. Also what games do you for sure want to play? Here is a list of servers i'll try to get up and runing on my linux box before this weekend (i'll add to this as we see fit)

Quake 3 (this has a linux dedicated server doesn't it? i'll get Rocket Arena working too)
DOD (dayofdefeatmod.com)
NS (natural-selection.org
cs (counter-strike.net)

what else?

[forum]

Originally posted by Obi Wan B18cya
i'd suggest starting in the morning around 10 on sat

we just had one at Justin's house this weekend...& it was figgin badass.

if you do one i'll be there...
& i would totally recommend getting Tom Clancy's Ghost recon...it is one of the best lan games i've ever played!!! just has the game & the cracks for it.

Ghost recon was ok, I think everone had more fun playing quake 3 than they did ghost recon though. If it's later in the day I can probably make it too.

[Bedlam]

I think earlier in the day is a good starting point...its a little hard for some of us to get out there that early (since I'd have to go pick up my g/f first) but I'd be there before noon anyway.

There is a nice command line server for Q3/RA3 for NIX so we should be good there...I dont care for CS much at all so you prolly wouldnt catch me playing that game, however...I think with all the shit talking on here...people would really want a piece of me at quake.

Sherv and AV630: you can talk all the smack you want about your game skills...but if you were really THAT good...I'd know you. Since I dont...I really wonder. Besides..I could make a few phonecalls and have people there that would slap you both stupid in all the games you mentioned. I'm not really a n00b..I try to be a pro gamer in my spare time...and I definately "dont suck."

-Bedlam

[b18cya-T]

Originally posted by forum
Ghost recon was ok, I think everone had more fun playing quake 3 than they did ghost recon though. If it's later in the day I can probably make it too.

you jsut like quake more because its so unrealistic. GR is a challenge :P

[Bedlam]

Originally posted by Obi Wan B18cya
you jsut like quake more because its so unrealistic. GR is a challenge :P

We like quake because its a very balanced, fun, and fast paced game. It rewards people who are good at it with kills.

Games that try to be "real" end up pissing off really good gamers..when your shots dont go anywhere near where you are aiming because of the "real" random factor..it takes away from the game. Honestly, you cant deny the pace of a good Q3/RA3 match! :)

-Bedlam

[b18cya-T]

Originally posted by Bedlam
We like quake because its a very balanced, fun, and fast paced game. It rewards people who are good at it with kills.

Games that try to be "real" end up pissing off really good gamers..when your shots dont go anywhere near where you are aiming because of the "real" random factor..it takes away from the game. Honestly, you cant deny the pace of a good Q3/RA3 match! :)

-Bedlam :Peace:

[DrJones]

Ok lets get an approxamite head count. This is for it being in Golden (off 6th and Indiana) starting at noon on this saturday. If there is a good chance of you coming please say so.

I will definatly be there, as will my 3 roomates. I can probably pick up 3 additional computers that people who don't want to bring theirs, (though it's much better to). If you want to use one post here too. If you have questions just ask. Also does anyone maybe have some folding chars/tables or anything? I can probably find a few extra but i'm not sure. It's really a whole lot of fun. Fun for everybody, i guarentee.

[b18cya-T]

<---raises hand

[forum]

I'm working till 2, but if people are staying late enough I could probably come down

[Bedlam]

I'll be there for sure with my g/f at the bare minimum. I have one card table and chair set (just for lans..what a surprise) that I'll bring along. Another girl may be with me if she gets into town Friday.

If possible would you hold one of your 'extra' computers for my g/f? My server is down and really needs some work...if I cant get it up and running today she'll need a rig to play on.

Looking forward to it anyway...I havent been to a lan (even a small one) for quite some time. If I can manage to bring both girls..heh..it will even be better! :)

Kill you all...err...see you all Saturday! :)

-Bedlam

[Bedlam]

Originally posted by forum
I'm working till 2, but if people are staying late enough I could probably come down

You had better go bish! I dont want to be the only one there afraid of getting jacked because I have such a sexy case! :)

-Bedlam

[WagN2NR]

<---The Deagle King will come! How do I get to your place? plz email me at TheSuperRU@Hotmail.com. Thanks.

I R Deagle King!

[greddy1.6]

what no Medal of honor?

[b18cya-T]

mike can still kick everyone's ass at Q3...:(

[forum]

Alright I guess I'll have to go then.

[DrJones]

Ok for people who are comming. To get here it's basically get onto 6th ave, (easiest is to go 470, 70 or 25 depending where your coming from). You exit sixth at Indiana, which is just east of I-70. It's the exit you'd take if you go to the new mall. When you exit head south, then take your first right (should be going west then), at a stop light, (6th st, about 50 feet away from 6th ave). This will take you down infront of the fairgrounds paralell to 6th. Keep going, and eventually the road will naturally curve to the left. Follow it and you will see some auto body places on both sides of the street. Keep going for about 3 blocks and take a right on 4th, which is the first street once you start seeing houses. Go down another 2-3 blocks, and you'll hit Poppy. We are right on the corner of 4th and Poppy. Address is:

354 Poppy St
Golden CO 80401

Look for the Scout (broken down old truck) without a front bumper/fenders/hood in the driveway.

Here's a map from mapquest:

map (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=354+poppy+st&city=golden&state=co&zipcode=80401&homesubmit=Get+Map)

Starts at noon, goes till we feel like stoping. If you have questions call my cell at 303-550-9598

[forum]

Blah yeah, Might have been cool if some people had shown up :( oh well it was fun playing ra3, and your roommate is pretty damn good.

[CSMsi311]

Originally posted by forum
your roommate is pretty damn good.

I think they are pretty pathetic. all they do is play games. no offense to anyone else.

[justin]

Where are the pics? Here are some of our last one :p :p

http://repo.jackmoves.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=albun02

I was notified about this lan you guys had, but I had things going on that day :(

Justin

[DrJones]

looks like that place has the setup for a good lan. What games were you playing?